Landry’s children went nuts for the yummy little fizzy candies and they begged for more of the “funny fizzy candy”. After one of those trips, he brought some candy home from one of his visits to Italy. After the company was passed to Landry, he started taking trips to Italy to monitor the candy and honey companies. Prost traveled to France to retire in 1964 and he died shortly after he arrived. They also imported honey and had good luck with this side venture as well. They created marzipan and other delightful confectionary items that sold well in the US. He had a partner, Frank Landry, who helped him manage the company they built, the Andre Prost Co. This honey business along with the candy business became his new passion and he put effort into this project until his health started to fail him. READ MORE: Jiffy Pop Popcorn - Magical Treats That Are Fun to Make & Easy to Eat ZotZ are truly unique candies and they are still as fun to share with friends and family as they were when they were first brought over from Italy. No matter which way you decide to enjoy your favorite ZotZ flavors, this delicious candy provides a nostalgic experience to the adults who bought them for pennies in the 1970s and offers a chance to share a memorable and fun treat with children. The fun of ZotZ is often the surprising burst of fizzy sourness at their center, and some people enjoy this part of the candy right away by biting them in half. Much like Tootsie Roll Pops, ZotZ lovers are divided into those who savor them and those who bite them in half. People are often polarized about what is the best way to enjoy these candies. Many people liken these treats to Pop Rocks as well as other fruity and sour hard candies. ZotZ is the official candy of American Endurance Racing and it is much beloved by kids and adults alike. These were a huge hit because they had so much powder in the center.ZotZ comes in cherry, watermelon, grape, orange, raspberry, apple, and strawberry. You can see the powder inside and we thought it looked pretty cool! The root beer was a huge hit but we liked how the lighter colors looked. We had fun using our different flavor oils. Let the candies harden completely before you remove them from the molds. How big you make the indent will depend on the size of your candies/molds and how much fizzy powder you want to add to each candy.Īfter you have added the powder, make another batch of the hard candy and carefully add another layer over the tops of the candies to seal in the fizzy powder. Yowza!!!Īfter the candy gets firm, push an indent in the center using the end of the knife or wooden spoon. Go ahead and scoop up a little bit and put it on your tongue. You just mix baking soda, citric acid (you can find this in the canning section at the store) and powdered sugar. I was surprised how simple the fizzy powder was to make. We don’t have simple candy molds so I tried to find some that weren’t too big. The first batch you use to fill up the molds about half way. You can use the recipe we have posted here or the one we used for our Slimy Slug Candy (which was a huge hit, BTW.) In order to do this correctly you have to make 2 batches of the hard candy. We searched the internet on how to make them and I was so excited that I found the instructions on So what do we do? See if we can make them, of course. We have to buy them at the retro candy stores at the coast or at the little, family owned movie theater here in town. But they aren’t sold in the grocery stores around here anymore. It’s been around since 1968 and has been a kid favorite for decades. The powder is “activated” by saliva (liquid) so when you are sucking on the candy, it all of a sudden fizzes and is totally strange. Zotz Fizzy Candy is a hard candy with a sour, fizzy powder on the inside. My daughter and her friends love Zotz Fizzy Candy.
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